Double Fine and EA Release Brütal Legend

[RogueDOC]

Prepare to be summoned to a dark, unforgiving world of Metal madness and demon slaying rock gods as Electronic Arts and Double Fine Productions today shipped the award-winning action game Brütal Legend to retailers in North America (shipping in Europe on Rocktober 16th). The brainchild of legendary game developer Tim Schafer, Brütal Legend stars Jack Black as roadie Eddie Riggs who embarks on an epic rock adventure featuring rich combat, storytelling and humor along with mind blowing imagery inspired by classic heavy metal album art and music.

Brütal Legend is the epic 3rd person open-world action game created by visionary game developer Tim Schafer and his team at Double Fine Productions. Starring Jack Black as the voice of Eddie Riggs, Brütal Legend tells the tale of Eddie, the ultimate Metal roadie who is knocked unconscious in a stage accident and awakens to a world where heavy metal breathes life through mountains made of amplifiers, killer spiders spinning guitar strings and rock gods roaming the lands. Faced with the daunting task of saving humanity from the evil loins of demon Emperor Doviculus, Eddie must quickly learn to battle through the metal mayhem as he comes face-to-face with devilish druids and unrelenting demons ready to melt his face off.

In addition to Jack Black, Brütal Legend features an exceptional cast with vocal talent provided by some of metal’s biggest names, including Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, Lita Ford, Ozzy Osbourne and more. Brütal Legend also boasts an impressive soundtrack featuring more than 100 fist-pumping tracks for over 75 bands including Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Motorhead and more.

Brütal Legend is available for MSRP $59.99 on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and Playstation 3 computer entertainment system. Brütal Legend is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and 18+ for PEGI.

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: Double Fine and EA Release Brütal Legend

So, what's the verdict on the game? Anybody pick it up yet?

[The_Eliminator]

Re: Double Fine and EA Release Brütal Legend

It has Jack Black surely its legendary?

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Double Fine and EA Release Brütal Legend

This is one of the confusing games released. What does it do? How does it play? Is there a demo?

Crunch

[Obsidian Spire]

Re: Double Fine and EA Release Brütal Legend

There's a demo out for 360 and PS3. I haven't seen one for PC. It's a hack and slash game with rock overtones. Pretty much you use a guitar, an improvised vehicle, and an axe to kill enemies. It's kind of fun.

The story goes for humor quite a bit too. It's worth checking out, but I don't think I would play this more than once.

[RogueDOC]

Re: Double Fine and EA Release Brütal Legend

The DEMO should be out on all 3 platforms.

[Obsidian Spire]

Re: Double Fine and EA Release Brütal Legend

The DEMO should be out on all 3 platforms.

I just checked the official website. They don't mention a PC release anywhere and I saw lots of search results about petitioning for a PC version. What's the 3rd platform for the demo? That would suck if it doesn't come out for PC. :/